Thinking about the good old days when you could just walk into any dingy old POS air terminal,look at the board and say 'Well gee,is this a Carribean or a European day?Perhaps a mere cross country jaunt?Here's my card,thank you very much."

A neighbour in his upper 80s passed away last night. He was at a nursing home. Pneumonia got him. We moved here in 1994. One day, as I was walking by I said hi to that neighbour. He said hi and started talking. So I approached him and chatted with him. That was the first time i stopped and chatted with him. Normally it was just "hi, how are you" kind of thing. At one point during our little talk he told me it takes about 5 years before a newcomer blends in (can't remember his exact words). That was in 1999. So I told him that it was 5 years ago that we moved here. He looked at me for a couple seconds and we both had a good laugh. That is my favorite moment here.

A neighbour in his upper 80s passed away last night. He was at a nursing home. Pneumonia got him. We moved here in 1994. One day, as I was walking by I said hi to that neighbour. He said hi and started talking. So I approached him and chatted with him. That was the first time i stopped and chatted with him. Normally it was just "hi, how are you" kind of thing. At one point during our little talk he told me it takes about 5 years before a newcomer blends in (can't remember his exact words). That was in 1999. So I told him that it was 5 years ago that we moved here. He looked at me for a couple seconds and we both had a good laugh. That is my favorite moment here.

A pair of wild turkeys moved into town here a few years back. They're sort of local celebrities now. The hen is trouble enough on her own (bum leg, walks slowly, often down the middle of the street), but the tom is a bona fide character. He's got his own facebook page where people compile his exploits. Now that Thanksgiving is coming up, concern for his wellbeing is mounting amongst some, while others are wondering aloud how tasty he might be.

Proclivities
“Why would anyone do drugs when they could just mow a lawn?” - Hank Hill

I didn't know CCA had changed their name,good to know.Although I find private prisons deplorable,they could come in handy short term.

I'm kinda worried about them getting subsidized to build more while the illegals are getting swept up(assuming it happens),only to have the infrastructure be to expensive to sit there partially empty when/if they're gone.

Then it's a matter of who/what crimes are used as financial spackle for their morally cracked wall.